The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-11

Roll of Money not Counterfeit After
All.
GEORGIA.
S. B. jenkins, who was tried at the late
term of Stewart Superior Court on the
charge of assault with intent to murder,
and who was renanded to Jail in default of
bond, died in the Jail at Lumpkip on Satur-
day night last.
Fulton county wants TO spend $500, 900 on
her public roads, and is going to ask the
Legislature during the summer session to
give her authority to issue bonds to pay for
the work She wants to macademize all the
public roads in the county, and thinks $780,
600 expended in that way will be good in
vestment.
The case of Col. j. II. Martin, managing
editor of the Atlanta Journal charged by
Jacob Burtz with criminal libel, came up
before Justice Manning at Atlanta Monday.
1t was shown that the item to which Mr..
Burtz objected was neither written by Col.
Martin nor submitted to him, and he was
promptly discharged.
At Marshallville Sunday afternoon at
O'Clock, S. H. Rumph nurseryman and
fruit grower, met calamity in the burning
of his stable and contents with seven fine
mules. The loss is about 81 800. About a
year ago, on Sunday afternoon, the same
thing nearly happened, but assistance being
immediate the mules and stock were saved.
The work of tearing away the building
recently occupied by Elan, Johnston & Co.
and Robert Pause was begun at Atlanta
Monday. This is done to make way for the
new bank building to be erected by Messrs.
Gould and Van Dyke. 1t is expected that
the old building will be torn away and that
ground viii be broken for the new within
two weeks, and by Dece. l what prom
Uses to be one of the finest buildings in At
lanta will be ready for occupancy.
At Albany Monday a compromise was
effected between Col. Tiff and the County
Commissioners, and at O'Clock that even
ing the toll bridge across the Flint river was
.adEclared free and at $50 O'Clock the stores
tre all closed and large crowd of citi-
ms headed by the Albany cornet band
VI detachment of the jackson Light
ftillery, crossed to the eastern shore of the
yer, where music was dispensed by the
and and several salutes fired by the artil-
Ky in honor of the occasion.
Information reached Waycross Monday
! <orning that terrible shooting ARRAY had
&ccurred at Valdosta between the Boyd
a fothers and the Swilly brothers. The
muse of the ARRAY was bad feeling which
s r5sted between them on account of an old
Afnily trouble, and the Boyd brothers ac-
ksed the Swilly brothers Of setting fire to
q 3eir woods. The Swiliy brothers were on
Nbeir way home when the Boyd brothers
overlook them, and hot words were ex-
changed. Both parties drew their revolvers
and commenced firing at each other, during
which one of the Boyd brothers was shot in
the thigh and dangerously wounded, and
one of the Swilly brothers was shot in the
mouth, and the other received dangerous
wound in the breast.
At Augusta Monday the Superior Court
was engaged all day in hearing the case OF
Adolphus Leopard, charged with the muir
der of William Brooks, at Algernon Mills
about two weeks ago. About twenty wit
nesses testified The substance of their ties
timony was that on the night in question
Brooks, who had occupied the position o.
night Waterman. and was succeeded by
Leopard, went to the mill gate and Leaned
against the post, sharpened his knife ON hi
shoe sole and called for Leopard Upon hi
arrival at the fence Brooks said: "YoI
have taken my job from me and intend t.
kill you" Then he jumped against the gait
and cut at Leopard through the fence. Al
he did SO Leopard jumped back, drew his re
volver and fired, killing Brooks almost in
stantly.
At Athens Sunday night, immediately
after the Salvation Army meeting, the Uni
velsity students marched mp the street in
body singing, and when Policeman Good
rum attempted to arrest one of them h,
was sneered at by the crowd, which pro
vol1ed his wrath to such an extent that h,
threatened to fire upon them. At this tn,
boys rushed to the college armory, and fore
ing an entrance, armed themselves will
muskets and bayonets, and marched
through the town $50 strong. 1t wa
not the intention of the boys t.
create any disturbance, as they wer,
very orderly and the guns were no
loaded. They only did it for amuse
ment; but the police force had ali idea tina
q riot was about to ensue, and Chief Olive
summoned a large posse of citizens TO sup
press it. When the students were informed
of this proceeding by a committee of tn,
citizens, they expressed regret that they
should have created such an impression
and quietly marched back to the campu
and disarmed themselves The affair il
much talked Of and many still believe tina
il was the intention of the students Il
create riot, but such was not their inten
ton. However, they certainly created {
big sensation, and the streets were crowded
with excited citizens.
A rumor reached Alpharetta on Saturday
last from "a remote corner of the count,
that one Henry Patrick (coloredl and SOW
eral of his family had died within the las
week from some strange cause. Along will
this came the further ruInor that ID. +. Nor
ris, who runs a grist mill in the communit,
of Patrick's home, had for some time pas
been missing meal from his mill, and in or
der to detect the thieves he had mixed som,
poison in his meal, and that Patrick had go
possession of the breadstuff thus diluted, anC
had furnished it TO his family, and thus tn,
strange deaths were caused. Corone
N II, Broodwell FASTENED to tn,
place and with a jury from the vi
entity spent the day Saturday, il
iEquiring into the matter The jury re
turned verdict: That Patrick came TO hi
death from some unknown cause. On in
vestigation it was found that there were NJ
grounds for the Tumors as to the poison
theory. The coroner and many others tina
were at the inquest are Of the opinion tina
tho negroes have been dying from the wan
&c meal and other eatables. And it de
veloped that what they had eaten for som,
time past was actually given them by Mr.
Norris. There are seven small children OF
The family still left, some of whom are sick
and all Of whom look as If they wert
Starving
As already stated in the NEWS, q com
monty dressed man walked into the Mill
e1gevillc bank at Milledgevlle last weei
and proceeded TO count of $500 in denoai
nations ranging from 81 to $50 He ther
wol,cd up 10 the railing aud requested MI
betnupo, the cashier, to exchange the money
for 800 bills. Whoa Mr.. Bethine examined
the bills he found that thcy did not appear